Joker

Common meanings

• Jester, a person employed to tell jokes and provide entertainment during the Middle Ages and the Renaissance
• Joker (playing card), a playing card found in most modern French-suited card decks

Fictional characters

Print

• Joker (character), a DC Comics character
  • Joker (Jack Napier), the character as he appears in the 1989 film Batman
  • Joker (The Dark Knight), the character as he appears in the 2008 film The Dark Knight
  • Joker (Martha Wayne), the character as she appears in the 2011 story arc Flashpoint
  • Joker (DC Extended Universe), the character as he appears in the DC Extended Universe media franchise
• Joker, a character from the British comic strip Joker (comic strip), a comic strip in the British anthology comics
• Joker (Flame of Recca), from the Japanese manga series Flame of Recca
• Mr. Joker, or Joe Carpenter, in Read or Die
• Joker (Wild Cards), a person with a harmful mutation in Wild Cards
• Jokers, a race of super-beings in Terry Pratchett's novel The Dark Side of the Sun
• James T. "Joker" Davis, protagonist of the novel The Short-Timers
• Joker, a character from Black Butler: Book of Circus
• Joker, the underground alias of Donquixote Doflamingo, a pirate from One Piece
• Jackie Jokers, a character in Richie Rich comics from Harvey Comics

Film and television

• Kamen Rider Chalice, or Joker, from Kamen Rider Blade
• Kamen Rider Joker, a rider form of Shotaro Hidari, from Kamen Rider W Forever: A to Z/The Gaia Memories of Fate
• Joker, from J.A.K.Q. Dengekitai
• James T. "Joker" Davis, in Full Metal Jacket
• Impractical Jokers, also called Jokers, American cringe comedy show
• Joker, from Smile PreCure!
• Joker, from Mera Naam Joker (), 1970 Indian film

Video games

• Joker (Persona), from Persona 5
• Joker (Mass Effect), from Mass Effect
• Joker, a character from the Monster Rancher series
• The Joker, from Fighters Destiny
• Joker (Suikoden), from Suikoden III
• The Joker, from SaGa Frontier
• Joker, from Alice in the Country of Hearts
• Joker, a character from Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare

People

• Joker (nickname), a list of people with the nickname
• Joker (British musician), English dubstep artist Liam McLean (born 1989)
• Jonas Berggren (born 1967), Swedish musician and record producer also known as Joker
• Jokeren or The Joker, Danish rapper Jesper Dahl (born 1973)
• Joker (wrestler), a ring name of American professional wrestler William Posada (born 1983)
• Joker Xue, Chinese singer-songwriter

Places

• Joker, West Virginia, an unincorporated community in the United States
• Jokers Hill, a hill in the Koffler Scientific Reserve, York County, Ontario, Canada

Films

• The Joker (1928 film), a Danish-German silent drama film
• The Joker (1960 film), a French comedy by Philippe de Broca
• The Jokers, a 1967 British comedy starring Michael Crawford and Oliver Reed
• The Joker (1987 film) or Lethal Obsession, a German crime-thriller film
• Joker (1993 film), an Indian Telugu comedy film produced by P. Pattabhi Rama Rao
• Joker (2000 film), an Indian Malayalam film by A. K. Lohithadas
• Joker (2012 film), an Indian Hindi film starring Akshay Kumar
• The Joker (2014 film) or Poker Night, an American-Canadian crime thriller by Greg Francis
• Joker (2016 film), an Indian Tamil film by Raju Murugan
• Joker (2019 film), an American film starring Joaquin Phoenix

Literature

• The Joker (comic book), a DC Comics comic book series starring the titular Joker

• Joker (graphic novel), a DC Comics graphic novel starring the titular Joker

• Joker (comic strip), a comic strip in the British anthology comics

• Joker (American magazine), an American men's digest published by Humorama

• Joker (Slovenian magazine), a Slovenian monthly magazine based in Ljubljana

Music

Albums

• The Joker (album), a 1973 album by the Steve Miller Band
• Joker, an album by Mirkelam
• Joker (soundtrack), a 2019 soundtrack album for the 2019 film Joker

Songs

• "The Joker (That's What They Call Me)", a 1957 song by Billy Myles
• "The Joker" (Anthony Newley song), from the musical The Roar of the Greasepaint – The Smell of the Crowd (1964); covered by Lady Gaga for the 2024 film Joker: Folie à Deux
• "Joker" (Anna Rossinelli song) (2011)
• "The Joker" (Steve Miller Band song) (1973)
• "The Joker", a 1988 song by Quiet Riot from QR
• "Joker", a 1991 song by X Japan from Jealousy
• "The Joker", a 2010 song by Zona B
• "Joker" (Dax song), 2020

Roller coasters

• The Joker (Six Flags México)
• The Joker (Six Flags Discovery Kingdom)
• The Joker (S&S Worldwide)

Science

• Joker butterfly (Byblia ilithyia)
• Common joker butterfly (Byblia anvatara)
  • Byblia or jokers, a genus of brush-footed butterflies
• Joker moth (Feralia jocosa)
• Loureedia phoenixi, the Joker spider

Sports

• Adelaide Jokers, an ice hockey team in South Australia, Australia
• Jokers de Cergy-Pontoise, an ice hockey team in Cergy-Pontoise, France
• Georgia Joker, a sports fan at Georgia Bulldogs football games, in American college football
• Helsingin Jokerit or Jokers, a Finnish ice hockey team
  • FC Jokerit, a Finnish association football club
  • Jokerit FC (2012)
• KK Joker, a Serbian basketball club
• Team Joker, a Norwegian cycling team

Transportation

• FreeX Joker, a German paraglider design
• Honda Joker, a scooter made from 1996 to 1999
• Peña Joker, a French amateur-built aircraft design
• Joker, an edition of the Volkswagen Golf Mk3
• Joker, an edition of the Volkswagen Westfalia Camper

Other uses

• Joker (store), a Norwegian convenience store chain
• Jokers, nickname of VF-20, a World War II US Navy squadron
• Joker, a pricing game on the game show The Price Is Right